It will be a iphone without frameswithout Dynamic Island or Notch and without visible cameras in the front panel. In summary, an iPhone completely glass, any screen. And no, it is not science fiction.
20th anniversary iPhone, what will it be like?
As reported by Bloomberg's journalist Mark Gurman, Apple already works on a total renewal of the iPhone design, with special emphasis on Pro models. The intention is to mark a before and after, as it did in 2017 with the iPhone X. On that occasion, the brand eliminated the start button and bet on facial recognition as a main unlocking system. This time, the change will be even more ambitious: the absolute disappearance of any element of the screenincluding the FACE ID system and the Selfie Chamber.
To achieve this advance, Apple has been investigating how to hide the sensors of the Face ID and the cameras under the screen. Technology still presents certain technical challenges, especially because the infrared sensors that Face ID uses have difficulties to work properly through the layers of an OLED or LCD screen. However, solutions such as transparent OLED screens are already being explored, deactivable subpixels or optical layers that guide the infrared light.
And it is not just rumors without foundation. In fact, some analysts such as Ross Young had already advanced that the Face ID under screen could arrive in 2026, on the iPhone 18 Pro. That would mean that the road to an iPhone “every screen” would be practically raided by 2027. That year, Apple could also integrate the front camera under the panelthus achieving the cleanest and minimalist design in the history of the iPhone.
iPhone with camera under the screen
The interesting thing is that Apple not only investigates this type of solutions for its conventional iPhone line. It is also developing folding devices, and one of the most advanced prototypes would include a low -screen front camera and biometric recognition through Touch ID on the side buttonomitting Face ID technology, which shows that Apple engineers are considering several possibilities.
Of course, there is still a long way to go. The cameras under the screen, although they already exist in some Android mobiles, still do not offer an image quality of traditional cameras. Apple, as usual, will not take the step until the experience of use is up to its demands. But there are already clear indications that one of its suppliers works in a system with free optical lenses that Improve sharpness of the photos taken and avoids a shadow or darker area when the camera is inactive.
All this points to a special launch by 2027. It is still not clear if Apple will maintain the sequential nomenclature and call it iPhone 19, or if, as happened in 2017 with the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X, it will take the opportunity to introduce a commemorative edition: perhaps an “iPhone 20” or even a completely new name.
